Euphoria
Season 3
Promotional poster
Showrunner Sam Levinson
Starring
  • Zendaya
  • Hunter Schafer
  • Jacob Elordi
  • Sydney Sweeney
  • Alexa Demie
  • Maude Apatow
  • Eric Dane
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Martha Kelly
  • Chloe Cherry
  • Toby Wallace
No. of episodes 7
Release
Original network HBO
Original release April 12, 2026 (2026-04-12) –
present
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of the American psychological drama[a] television series Euphoria, inspired by Ron Leshem's miniseries of the same name, premiered on HBO on April 12, 2026. Series creator Sam Levinson serves as showrunner for the season. The season centers on recovering addict young adult Rue Bennett navigating her faith while also being drawn into the illegal drug trade. Zendaya stars as Rue alongside an ensemble cast consisting of Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, and Toby Wallace.

In February 2022, Euphoria was renewed for a third season. Filming commenced in February 2025 and wrapped in November. The season consists of eight episodes, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Euphoria characters

Main

  • Zendaya as Rue Bennett
  • Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn
  • Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs
  • Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Jacobs (née Howard)
  • Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez
  • Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard
  • Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Alamo Brown
  • Martha Kelly as Laurie
  • Chloe Cherry as Faye Valentine
  • Toby Wallace as Wayne

Recurring

  • Sharon Stone as Patricia Lance
  • Colleen Camp as LA Nights Director
  • Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch as G
  • Darrell Britt-Gibson as Bishop
  • James Landry Hébert as Harley
  • Rebecca Pidgeon as Ms. Penzler
  • Gideon Adlon as Gillie
  • Colman Domingo as Ali Muhammad
  • Asante Blackk as Kidd
  • Homer Gere as Dylan Reid
  • Madison Thompson as Oceana
  • Jessica Blair Herman as Heather
  • Daeg Faerch as Mitch
  • Melvin "Bonez" Estes as Bruce Sr.
  • Rosalía as Magick
  • Kadeem Hardison as Big Eddy
  • Jeff Wahlberg as Brandon Fontaine
  • Jack Topalian as Naz
  • Matthew Willig as Artur
  • Hemky Madera as Jimenez
  • William "Bill" Bodner as Bowman
  • Anna Van Patten as Kitty

Episodes

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title [2] Directed by [3] Written by [3] Original release date [2] U.S. viewers
(millions)
19 1 "Ándale" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson April 12, 2026 (2026-04-12) 0.356[4]
Five years after high school, Rue Bennett's friend group has splintered. Lexi Howard is a production assistant on a Warner Bros. television series; Maddy Perez is an actors' talent manager; Lexi's sister Cassie and Nate Jacobs are engaged, with Cassie pursuing fame as an erotic influencer; and Rue is a drug mule for Laurie, to whom she owes an enormous debt. Fleeing across the Mexico–United States border, Rue encounters a devoutly Christian family. Reflecting upon her encounter with the family, and with some prodding from her sponsor, Ali Muhammad, she reconsiders faith in a higher power—her "third step". Lexi tells Rue that Jules Vaughn is sugar dating. Cassie decides to start selling pornographic content on OnlyFans to help pay for her dream wedding. Nate, trying to resurrect his father's construction company, dislikes the idea, but relents after Cassie agrees to hide her face. Rue delivers drugs to a party at strip-club mogul Alamo Brown's mansion. Rue asks Alamo for a job, but one of Alamo's strippers, Tish, overdoses on a fentanyl-laced pill. Rue lets Alamo shoot an apple off her head, earning his trust.
20 2 "America My Dream" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson April 19, 2026 (2026-04-19) 0.325[5]
Maddy's career as a talent manager stalls after the COVID-19 pandemic, leading her to manage influencers until she is forced to drop a client who becomes too close to one of her boss's actors. Alamo recruits Rue to help cover up Tish's death and manage the floor at a strip club. When Laurie insults Alamo by calling him a "pig", he retaliates by sending a large pig to her house. Rue has a brief relationship with a stripper named Angel, who is shaken by Tish's disappearance. When Rue reveals the truth, Angel spirals; with Alamo's approval, Rue stages an intervention and takes her to rehab. Cassie asks Maddy to help build her online presence, and she agrees. Indebted to loan sharks, Nate tries to recruit investors from his neighborhood, but one withdraws after discovering Cassie's OnlyFans and learning about Nate's finances. Nate forces Cassie to delete the account. Later, Rue visits Jules at her penthouse apartment. Their conversation is marked by mutual resentment and sexual tension; Jules chides Rue for judging her work before inviting her to take a bath with her.
21 3 "The Ballad of Paladin" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson April 26, 2026 (2026-04-26) 0.399[6]
While in art school, Jules is introduced to sugaring by her roommate. She becomes the paid mistress of a plastic surgeon, Ellis, who provides her with an apartment and the resources to quit school and focus on painting, but engages in extreme BDSM with her. Meanwhile, Rue starts trafficking 3D-printed firearms for Alamo while pondering leaving organized crime. Tensions rise when Laurie retaliates against Alamo by releasing a pig at his strip club. He plans to get revenge by killing her pet cockatoo, Paladin. Rue, Jules, and Maddy attend Cassie's and Nate's gaudy wedding, where Nate's loan shark, Naz, publicly intimidates the couple. Jules shares conciliatory moments with Nate and Cal, while Maddy is overcome with emotion and leaves. Rue departs to pick up drugs from Laurie to cover for Alamo's henchman Bishop poisoning Paladin. Cassie breaks down and injures Nate; they reconcile briefly before Naz and a thug attack Nate at home, beating him and cutting off his toe. Rue's car is pulled over by Drug Enforcement Administration officers.
22 4 "Kitty Likes to Dance" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson May 3, 2026 (2026-05-03) 0.387[7]
To avoid a long prison sentence, Rue becomes a DEA informant for an investigation into Laurie's illegal drug trade, but Rue assumes that Alamo will never do business with Laurie again. When Rue offers to set up a fake buy in Mexico, Alamo becomes suspicious of her motives. Cassie leaves Nate, moves in near Lexi, and resumes her OnlyFans career with Maddy as her manager. Nate's last-ditch attempt to gain funding for his development is denied, and he has an emotional breakdown in public. Lexi hires Jules to paint a picture for her soap opera. Jules's painting depicts penises, which the show's producers cannot broadcast. Jules is forced to cover them up, offending her and hurting Lexi's standing with her boss. Maddy has Cassie feign romantic interest in a social media star at his house to promote her OnlyFans. Rue expresses concern to Angel's replacement, Kitty, after learning that Angel fled rehab and seeing Kitty have violent group sex in a private room. Magick, another stripper, overhears and nearly blows Rue's cover, but Laurie's squad raids the club, shoots the club manager Big Eddy, and robs the safe.
23 5 "This Little Piggy" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson May 10, 2026 (2026-05-10) 0.356[8]
Maddy pushes Cassie to create more erotic content after benefiting from Brandon Fontaine's fame, while Nate, who regularly receives money from Cassie to pay his debt, supports her career. Brandon invites Cassie to move into his house, and she signs his contract. Maddy later stages a fake canceled audition, leading Cassie to immediately sign another contract, and she pressures Lexi into helping get Cassie cast. Meanwhile, Nate misses a payment to Naz, who sends one of his henchmen to attack Nate, re-severing his toe and cutting off his finger. Alamo spots Rue alone for the first time since the robbery and tells her that Laurie wants to meet. Rue informs DEA agents, who make her call Laurie to arrange a wiretap. Laurie hangs up, but Rue gets Wayne to incriminate himself instead. At the club, Magick accuses Rue of framing her to Alamo. He later finds Rue with Maddy at a diner, orders Rue into a waiting truck, and makes a deal with Maddy to recruit strippers for his club. Rue is taken to a remote area, buried up to her neck, and at dawn Alamo rides toward her with a polo mallet, ready to strike her head.
24 6 "Stand Still and See" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson May 17, 2026 (2026-05-17) 0.333[9]
As a child, Alamo finally finds stability when his mother begins dating Preston, a caring man who treats them well and becomes wealthy enough to improve their lives. But after their house is robbed, Alamo's mother leaves Preston and moves in with the robber, teaching Alamo never to trust anyone. In the present, Rue betrays Faye Valentine to save herself from Alamo's death threat, convincing Faye to help rob Laurie despite Faye's relationship with Wayne. Meanwhile, Laurie blackmails Alamo into using his smuggling operation to transport fentanyl across the border, while the DEA secretly listens through Rue's phone. Rue expresses interest in a serious relationship to Jules, who rejects the idea as a fantasy. Cassie earns an acting job on the condition that she delete her OnlyFans profile, which she reluctantly does, and Lexi is tasked to write her storyline for the show. Later, Cassie receives a package containing one of Nate's severed fingers. Alamo insists that Rue return to Laurie's and personally steal the money from the safe for him. Rue survives a car crash that sets a tree on fire, which she interprets as divine providence.
25 7 "Rain or Shine" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson May 24, 2026 (2026-05-24) TBD
Years earlier, Ali almost died from drug abuse. He went to rehab and became a mentor to several addicts. In the present, Rue believes she has found God after a car crash, testing the patience of Lexi and her mentor Ali. Ali attempts to dissuade Rue from returning to Laurie's, but is unsuccessful. She attempts to steal the money from Laurie's safe for Alamo with Faye's help, but Faye has a change of heart and outs her to Wayne. Meanwhile, Cassie is dropped from her television show and Maddy is fired from her job. Maddy takes full control of Cassie's career. After burying Nate alive under his own development project, Naz pressures Cassie for the money he is owed and ultimately holds her hostage as leverage. Cassie contacts Maddy for help, and Maddy persuades Alamo to rescue Cassie, also telling him she mentioned the DEA. Alamo kills Naz, freeing Cassie, but when Nate is disinterred, Cassie and Maddy discover he has been killed by a rattlesnake. Cassie is distraught. Alamo tells Maddy she is now indebted to him.
26 8 "In God We Trust" Sam Levinson Sam Levinson May 31, 2026 (2026-05-31) TBD

Production

Development

Sam Levinson's adaptation of the Israeli television series Euphoria created by Ron Leshem was renewed for a third season on February 4, 2022.[10] On September 19, HBO CEO Casey Bloys said the series would not end after the third season.[11] Production of the season was set to start in February 2023.[12] The producers were aiming for a late 2023 release.[13] However, according to a Vogue interview with Lexi's actress Maude Apatow, filming was set to start in the second half of 2023.[14] On a podcast, series costume designer Heidi Bivens said that preparations would begin in May 2023, with filming starting in June.[15] The season's production was one of many disrupted by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[16] Co-producer for half the episodes of season 2, Jeremy O. Harris spoke on the impact it had on the season with Variety, "He's not a scab. David Zaslav [Warner Bros. Discovery CEO], make a deal. That's what I'll say about season 3 of Euphoria. Make a deal, David. It's easy. Just come to that table."[17]

Pre-production for the third season had begun by December 2023.[18][19] On March 12, 2024, Sydney Sweeney said in an MTV interview with Josh Horowitz that filming for the third season was due to "start soon".[20] But on March 25, it was reported that shooting was postponed indefinitely amid speculation that the series would not return.[21] On July 12, HBO announced that cast members had signed on for a third season that would aim for a January 2025 start date.[22] In August, while appearing on an episode Alex Cooper's podcast Call Her Daddy, Jules Vaughn's actress Hunter Schafer said, "The real tea is I have no fucking idea what's going on" with production on the series' third season.[23] Rue Bennett's actress Zendaya said she did not "really have much of an answer" for the future of Euphoria other than it was set to start filming in January 2025.[24] Ali's actor Colman Domingo said that Levinson had "told me some of it, and it's going to be groundbreaking."[25][26]

Fezco's actor Angus Cloud's death from a drug overdose on July 31, 2023, impacted Levinson's teleplays.[27] Speaking to The New York Times, he said "I had a good portion of it done before the strike [began in May 2023]. Angus was the backbone of that season. I used to even talk to him about it because I wanted him to stay clean. So I would invite him over and I'd tell him what the plans were for the character. I'd say, look, he's been in prison for a few years, so you've got to get that yoked prison body. Because I wanted him to start working out and taking care of himself. You know, season 1 he was supposed to die at the end and I couldn't do it.[3]

Casting

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Martha Kelly joined Euphoria's main cast in season 3.

Of the main cast from season 2, only seven returned in leading roles; Zendaya, Schafer, Sweeney, Apatow, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, and Eric Dane.[28] Main cast members Nika King and Dominic Fike who played Leslie Bennett and Elliot respectively were demoted to guest stars.[29][30] On February 19, 2026, Dane died of ALS after having completed his work on the season.[31] Barbie Ferreira, who had played Kat in the first two seasons announced via Instagram on August 24, 2022 her decision to depart season 3.[32] Ferreira expanded on why in a statement from April 5, 2023: "I just felt like, maybe it's like I overstayed my welcome a little bit. So for me, I actually felt good to be like, 'Okay, I get to not worry about this, and we both don't get too worried about this', because it's exhausting."[33] Gia's actress Storm Reid left in November 2024.[34] As did McKay's actor Algee Smith and Ethan's actor Austin Abrams in February 2025.[35][36] Javon Walton's character Ashtray died in season 2.[37]

Season 2 recurring characters Laurie (Martha Kelly) and Faye (Chloe Cherry) were promoted to the main cast for the season. British actors Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Toby Wallace also joined the main cast as Alamo and Wayne.[38] Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, Kadeem Hardison, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Priscilla Delgado, James Landry Hébert, Anna Van Patten, Sharon Stone and Asante Blackk were also announced to have joined the cast in guest roles.[39][40] Rosalía's song "Malamente" had appeared in season 1 episode five "'03 Bonnie and Clyde,[41] and she co-wrote "Lo Vas a Olvidar" with Billie Eilish for the 2021 special episode "Fuck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob".[42] Hardison previously worked with Zendaya on her Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover, playing her character's father, Craig Cooper.[43] In October, Colleen Camp, Gideon Adlon, Hemky Madera, Homer Gere, Jack Topalian, Jessica Blair Herman, Madison Thompson, Matt Willig, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Sam Trammell joined the cast in guest roles.[44]

Filming

Principal photography for season 3 began in January 2025 and wrapped on November 15.[45][46] The scenes set inside the strip club were shot first, in January.[47][48] Filming was officially announced on February 10.[49][50][51] Zendaya and Priscilla Delgado were spotted filming a scene from episode 2 on February 28.[52] In March, Alexa Demie was shooting scenes from episode 5 with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.[53] Domingo filmed some of his scenes in March (the ones involving Zendaya) and returned to film the rest in July.[54] Elordi and Dane started shooting in April.[55][56] As a result of her busy schedule, Zendaya was forced to shoot all her scenes in a truncated timeline, saying: "It was a whirlwind. I did what I do in eight months in like four months. It was like trying to get eight episodes in at once. It just flew by me".[57] She wrapped her scenes in June.[58] Elordi wrapped his scenes in October and Sweeney filmed her final scenes in November.[59][60][61]

The season returned to digital cinematography,[62] after the specials and season 2 were shot entirely on Super 35,[63] although parts of season 3 were shot in VistaVision and Kodak's 65 mm VERITA 200D.[64][65] The aspect ratio also changed: season 1 was mostly in 16:9, season 2 mostly in widescreen, and season 3 is mostly in CinemaScope.[66] Levinson said: "Giving it a bit more objectivity [..] I wanted to kind of open up the frame a little bit more and—and feel the world around [the characters] and sometimes how small they are. And it—it just added to the danger and also just thematically, you know, the idea that we're kind of getting outside of the emotional melodramatic aspects of psychology and more into what real life is."[67]

Location shooting for the season took place at sites including a horse community in Lancaster, California,[68] a tobacco shop on Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys, Grauman's Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Valli Tropics Apartments in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, a home in Lakewood, California,[69] SJR Theatre in Burbank, California, a mansion overlooking Lake Palmdale,[70] Point Dume in Malibu, California, a former liquor market in Pearblossom, California,[71] The Roof Garden in Santa Monica, California, The Langham Huntington, Pasadena,[72] an estate in the Hollywood Hills,[73] Fourth and Lorena Street Bridge in the Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Wilshire Boulevard,[74], New Life Community Church in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles,[75] The Peninsula Beverly Hills,[76] and Huntington Park, California.[77]

Music

Season 3 is the first Euphoria season not scored by British composer Labrinth. On July 23, 2025, he announced he was working with German composer Hans Zimmer for the season.[78] But on March 13, 2026, Labrinth posted an Instagram story that read, "Fuck Columbia. Double Fuck Euphoria. I'm out. Thank you and good night."[79] Labrinth removed all his music from the show, leaving Zimmer as the sole music producer.[80]

Release

Season 3 was promoted with the tagline "May God have mercy".[81] Many of the episode titles are references to westerns and the Bible.[82] The season had its red carpet premiere on April 7, 2026.[83][84] In the United States, the season premiered on April 12, 2026, with its finale set to premiere on May 31.[2] In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, each episode was released at the same time as its U.S. premiere, through Sky Atlantic's streaming service Now.[85]

Reception

Critical response

Metacritic review
breakdown (unweighted)

Positive
9 (33%)
Mixed
17 (63%)
Negative
1 (4%)

For the most part, Euphoria season 3 was met with a mixed response from critics, with praise for Zendaya, the ensemble's acting, and the visuals, but criticism of its writing, pacing, characterization, tone, music, and handling of mature subject matter. The critical consensus on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Euphoria returns with less than the sum of its parts in a disjointed cavalcade of forced narratives that leave its talented cast stranded in the wind." The season has an as overall approval rating of 40%, with an average rating of 4.5/10 based on 52 critical reviews.[86] Using a weighted average, Metacritic assigned the season a score of 56 out of 100, based on 27 critics, which it describes as "Mixed or Average".[87]

Daniel Fienberg wrote in The Hollywood Reporter, "Zendaya still dazzles, but has Sam Levinson's HBO drama aged out of relevance?"[88] In a three-star review for Empire, Al Horner wrote, "some constants remain, the good and bad of Euphoria past. This is still a sumptuously-shot show, not to mention a well-acted one: Zendaya in particular is in formidable form once more, letting glints of sadness surface from beneath Rue's veneer of languid detachment. Less appealing is how the camera still hovers longingly over shots of its female characters' bodies, as one-by-one, Levinson's scripts nudge them into sex work and skimpy costumes. A common criticism of the showrunner is that there's seldom much insight or commentary to go with the degradation of the women in his work. Two episodes into Euphoria Season 3, that criticism is yet to be answered."[89]

Sam Levinson's writing and Hans Zimmer's score were criticized.

New Statesman's Catharine Hughes was highly critical, writing, "Levinson has brought this cast, at the height of their fame, back for what feels more like a humiliation ritual than a victory lap. These actors have graduated from Euphoria High, and the thing with school reunions is that no one wants to go to them."[90] Shirley Li wrote in The Atlantic, "As I watched, I often thought of Industry, another scandalous HBO drama that evolved significantly in its latest outing. On that show, the major investment bank the young protagonists worked for closes, leaving the tight-knit group scattered and prompting a major cast member to exit the series. Industry has thrived in its reinvention, however, in large part because it expanded its scope beyond the trading floor and challenged its characters' beliefs about wealth and power. Euphoria doesn't interrogate how the passage of time has affected its ensemble—why and how they've changed, beyond the job titles and social status they've acquired. If anything, the ensemble now resembles caricatures of scandalous 20-somethings. The fragile world that Euphoria built—a world that improbably balanced the shocking with the heartfelt—has collapsed."[91]

Critics and viewers panned Zimmer's score.[92][93] Carly Thomas of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "No one is criticizing Zimmer's abilities; his credits and accolades speak for themselves. But when a show's unique tone has already been established, like what Labrinth originated in the first two seasons, a sudden sonic shift to stray away from that sound can cause whiplash for viewers. That's apparent even in just the first half of season three." Music supervisor Kier Lehman told the magazine: "that's important, especially in a longer series, to establish a sound and themes for characters or themes for situations, [...] And of course, that's going to evolve as the series goes on, but I think it's also really helpful in helping the audience and grounding the audience in the show."[94] Decider wrote: "Instead of Labrinth's stylish needle drops and timely musical picks that grounded the series as a moody teen drama, this dramatic season has been backed by several tranquil melodies fans are describing as 'all inclusive resort elevator ass music.'" One fan wrote, "Hans Zimmer going to hell for this damn score".[95]

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Notes

  1. ^ While the first two seasons are teen dramas, all of the characters are adults in season three.[1]